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1862	Robert Smalls steals Confederate ship It has just gotten dark on the evening of May 12, 1862. General Roswell Ripley and the other white confederate officers of the Steamer Planter have just gone ashore to attend a party in Charleston, ... (MORE)
1940	Singer Al Jarreau born Jazz singer Al Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1951	Death of former congressman Oscar DePriest (80), Death of former congressman Oscar DePriest (80), Chicago.
1958	Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders called Summit Meeting of National Negro Leaders called for stepped up campaign against discrimination and desegregation. President Eisenhower was sharply criticized for a speech which, in effect, urged the l ... (MORE)
1967	H H. Rap Brown replaced Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

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